Senet gaming board, from Tutankhamun's tomb, circa 14th century BC. Made from wood veneered with ebony and inlaid with ivory. Print Collector/Getty Images An ancient Egyptian ‘board game of death’ was ...

Tutankhamun's tomb contained a number of gaming boards for the game of Senet. The rules of the game are not certain, but it was for two players, whose aim was to knock their opponent off the board.

Tutankhamun is probably the most famous king of the age of antiquity in the modern world. A teenage pharaoh of the 18th dynasty of the ancient Egypt, who started to rule the Egyptian kingdom at the ...

One hundred years ago, our understanding of ancient Egypt changed forever when the tomb of King Tutankhamun was found on Nov. 4, 1922, in the Valley of Kings. Born around 1305 BC, Tutankhamun only ...